3.6.7.1.2. statsmodels.graphics.gofplots.plotting_pos

statsmodels.graphics.gofplots.plotting_pos(nobs, a)[source]

Generates sequence of plotting positions

Parameters:

nobs : int

Number of probability points to plot

a : float

Offset for the plotting position of an expected order statistic, for example.
Returns:

plotting_positions : array

The plotting positions

See also

scipy.stats.mstats.plotting_positions

Notes

The plotting positions are given by (i - a)/(nobs - 2*a + 1) for i in range(0,nobs+1)